Energy Market Updates

In what appears to be an about face to recent trends, the Pits reacted strongly overnight to yesterdays API report that showed Gasoline taking a whopping 3.2mbl hit. That message was contradicted this morning with the official DOE report that showed Crude build by 2.4mbl, Gasoline fall by only 200k bls and distillates draw by 267k barrels. The rather bearish report, when compared to estimates that had Crude only adding 250k barrels, was pushed aside as value seekers jumped on an already fast moving train. So much so that right after the report was released, again this is bearish news, the markets jumped higher. The length that was shed over the last few weeks appears to be burning a whole in the pockets of the funds. Or they could simply see this as buying opportunity as they did in late January. Again with Front month HEAT touching, but not breaking that 100% retracement level, expect to see sideways action until the next round of economic news is released. Many will focus on the Far East and their economic health as well as the tie to the dollar. At the close, Crude vaulted $2.76 to $71.51, RBOB rose .0396 to $1.9704 and HEAT gained .0490 to $1.9207.